After a wild weekend at Daytona Beach, The Monster Energy Cup Series introduced the new 2019 racing package at Atlanta Motor Speedway. This was the first race where the new package was run and there were a lot of uncertainties heading into the weekend. The package was very promising in the testing sessions during the offseason. The question was how the package would run on the older surface that is Atlanta Motor Speedway?
Continue readingHAMPTON, Ga. – In a Daytona 500 that racked up late-race cautions—Ricky Stenhouse Jr. took a lambasting on social media for his part in a lap 195 multicar wreck that collected Kevin Harvick’s Ford and a half-dozen other cars.
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Mutt and Jeff. Oil and water. Yin and Yang.
In a host of ways, Kurt Busch and Kyle Larson are polar opposites.
Busch is lanky at 5-foot-11, 160 pounds.
Larson is more compact at 5-foot-6, 135 pounds.
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Yes, when the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series visits Las Vegas in December at the end of the 2019 season to celebrate Champion’s Week and crown its champion, the driver will very likely be wearing a tuxedo along with the appropriate black tie. But will they also represent the trademark bowtie emblem of a Chevrolet?
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – This Sunday afternoon’s Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway (3 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) features a group of 20 drivers with vastly different experience levels in the 75-lap exhibition event – but all highly-motivated to make this first race of Daytona Speedweeks a statement-maker leading into the Feb. 17 season-opening Daytona 500.
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